PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Ipsum elitr odio facilisi dolor dolore amet eirmod dolore sanctus et elitr magna diam erat amet. No vero et lorem ipsum feugait consetetur sed eum sit nonumy eirmod velit. Stet magna est invidunt consetetur facilisi amet luptatum tempor rebum sanctus ea lorem luptatum stet elitr. Ea gubergren accumsan clita sadipscing adipiscing est sed labore nonummy ipsum ipsum eirmod takimata wisi consetetur. Suscipit clita voluptua eirmod ut diam elitr nihil wisi et. Est gubergren duis ea qui nobis vero nonummy at et et rebum lorem takimata kasd. Feugiat blandit eirmod laoreet sanctus accusam sea sea amet et nonumy zzril ut amet vel sit nulla.
Takimata dolore eirmod rebum sanctus amet sed. Diam lorem praesent diam eleifend takimata erat dolore amet diam rebum tempor ut et assum. Dolor vero ut voluptua sit odio iriure illum diam. Eos et et vero et et magna lorem dolores. Et accumsan facilisis sea justo nonumy consequat clita esse gubergren dolore invidunt minim consectetuer gubergren lorem elitr. Lorem ut et et eos dolores labore dolor amet nonumy consetetur aliquam facer magna nisl labore rebum dolor. Erat molestie tation justo eos lorem nonummy sea ipsum velit feugiat.
Sample Output H3
Labore et lorem. Sea amet luptatum clita vero elitr euismod dolore elitr stet eirmod vel dolor sed invidunt. Possim eos stet ea eleifend vero labore ea no et facilisis ipsum et gubergren in vero magna invidunt nibh. Nulla feugiat consetetur. Erat accusam aliquyam et justo consequat ut veniam consetetur dolor. Consetetur tempor ut praesent illum dolores et ipsum in amet no sanctus. Sadipscing rebum erat dolore dignissim et sit eos congue et consequat euismod sadipscing consequat elitr id eos. Cum diam minim. Ipsum clita nisl takimata dolor consetetur sed soluta dolor amet rebum ipsum diam no lorem dolor diam. Wisi velit eum lorem et. Et nobis sed consetetur feugiat ut dolore praesent esse ea sit sit augue erat voluptua sea amet amet diam.
Nonumy sanctus commodo invidunt erat vero diam. Diam dolore amet sit dolore et rebum ea illum at. Eirmod dolore dolore kasd. Ipsum diam clita sit quis no sit rebum stet tempor erat amet exerci lorem lorem kasd rebum kasd. Dolores stet lobortis dolor autem nibh elitr kasd et magna lorem ut. Id assum et sanctus. Sit aliquyam sit. Blandit et ipsum duo ut justo aliquyam diam ipsum. Tempor et amet duo dolores et. Dolor ea sed aliquyam labore amet kasd labore qui eos ut elitr. Clita dolore no accusam erat.
Sample Output H4
Iriure vel ipsum magna consetetur et eos dolore vero ea nonumy lorem labore ea adipiscing iriure soluta luptatum. Blandit voluptua nisl illum et dolor. Eos vel est rebum vero accusam amet takimata amet laoreet et dolor tempor sit gubergren amet no. Duo ipsum nulla justo duis et et in stet ipsum et sea no molestie dolores te ut voluptua. Kasd et labore sea kasd clita no ipsum amet quis ipsum. Voluptua consetetur wisi eos ipsum gubergren stet sit cum vero lorem. Sadipscing ut gubergren magna at esse kasd et. At ipsum ad vel at et facilisi in accusam at at enim rebum diam et. Eos justo et iusto ullamcorper et tempor accusam facilisis ea sadipscing et diam justo.
Eu elitr ut aliquyam ipsum nihil eros amet at diam eu eu facilisis clita. Et consetetur vulputate. Et sadipscing feugiat in lorem sea sadipscing tempor facilisis diam tempor sea dolor hendrerit exerci vel tempor. Invidunt gubergren voluptua kasd diam ea sed takimata nonumy feugait magna amet. Elitr et autem dolor sadipscing justo. Aliquyam lorem euismod lorem sit est lorem lorem dolore. Et ipsum diam.
Sample Output H4
Sed rebum est ipsum stet. Ut et dolore stet euismod justo amet lorem. Nostrud lorem eum velit amet lorem minim in sea ea sed. Diam lorem in et eos stet dolores nulla justo dolor. Voluptua est rebum wisi kasd sed in tempor no et sea ex sanctus.
Sed elitr dolore nisl at cum ut accusam esse takimata rebum dolor. Liber dolor takimata ipsum sit no et adipiscing ut dolor dignissim. Ea delenit et ut duo duis eu clita feugiat et sadipscing amet duis. Invidunt invidunt ut consetetur accumsan enim kasd sed lorem ipsum no. Eirmod sit aliquip sed lorem suscipit.
Sample Output H3
Kasd est et clita volutpat sea minim labore et elit et sea vero vero eos. Dolore vero vero. Invidunt veniam delenit est eu rebum sed vel et qui et wisi takimata vero no magna exerci sed nulla. Dolor voluptua lorem dolores sed dolor lorem. Eos exerci dolores feugiat dolore magna dolore praesent sed kasd nonummy. Consequat aliquyam elitr dolor volutpat dolor justo sit diam elitr nisl.
Voluptua invidunt dolor elitr ipsum voluptua zzril ipsum justo exerci duis ipsum duo. Illum dolor sed diam consequat dolore dolor eirmod et. Duo dolores diam. Lorem vero dolore sea clita ea. Esse tempor gubergren eros ut ea suscipit feugiat tempor sanctus dolore amet amet vel nonummy autem ut. At eirmod nisl rebum stet diam feugiat amet rebum volutpat consetetur iriure iriure dolore lorem vel aliquyam tempor ex. Stet nulla kasd gubergren cum lorem ut blandit voluptua dolores et augue minim sit dolor dolore ut euismod. Invidunt aliquyam duo dolores elitr illum hendrerit et no amet consectetuer suscipit velit consetetur tempor exerci dolor. Clita diam iusto ut erat.
Sample Output H4
Te magna rebum at sanctus et ea et eum. Labore amet et clita gubergren kasd invidunt quod iusto takimata nibh duo qui diam exerci. Kasd ex sit ipsum option labore id amet ea nisl diam commodo laoreet vero consequat. Sea delenit dolor ad. Dignissim amet luptatum ut clita sea amet dolor. Sit tempor dolore dolor kasd et vero clita zzril vel et.
Laoreet dolor takimata et autem. Rebum sadipscing sanctus voluptua elitr cum nulla dolores ipsum praesent vulputate. Kasd amet eirmod sea vero minim accusam stet vero labore wisi ipsum sit aliquyam no feugiat clita ea. Sed sadipscing gubergren eirmod ut sed sed diam luptatum stet stet erat dolor. Ut no sadipscing et blandit nulla hendrerit ut ut amet quis sed takimata at nulla. Elitr sanctus labore accusam dolor enim dolor eum dolor adipiscing vel. Lorem at kasd gubergren consequat molestie et et.
Sample Output H4
Kasd odio aliquip diam et gubergren. Diam ut tempor sed et eu takimata erat nulla. No sea dolore dolor et. Sit aliquyam gubergren eirmod sit elitr ipsum labore. Aliquyam sed ad minim sit takimata. Sed sit eos duo. Eos ad ea aliquam magna stet tempor luptatum magna labore. Diam at tempor nostrud stet accusam erat lorem dolore ipsum. Voluptua sit consetetur esse vero elitr lorem dolores magna ea. Dolor ipsum dolore ad dolores stet erat et erat.
Nostrud ut vulputate aliquyam wisi dolor et sanctus dolore justo nibh facilisis sanctus rebum dolor quis nonumy. Commodo rebum dolor odio gubergren et et sanctus justo ut takimata justo amet ut nonumy delenit elitr sea. Consetetur sit ipsum. No dolore lorem dolor vero facilisis option facer hendrerit vulputate stet et lorem sadipscing tempor. Delenit rebum eirmod duis vel ipsum adipiscing ipsum vero et elitr eos ut minim sit dolore duis amet clita. Sed dolor in ut justo ea duo euismod consequat. Accumsan diam est et sit aliquyam sea et ea. Justo amet dignissim dolores ut nonummy odio voluptua nibh lorem.
More Sample Output H2
Magna gubergren enim dolor lorem ipsum elitr dolores amet. Est takimata et volutpat duo. Ipsum ea ullamcorper no. Sit accusam sit. Amet justo sea sed sea lorem gubergren labore. Nostrud iusto eirmod amet vel magna dolore dolores sed luptatum diam rebum eleifend zzril nostrud duo duis wisi. Diam veniam aliquyam stet. Dolore gubergren labore. Nonumy at ipsum amet eos takimata kasd et amet. Ipsum invidunt voluptua ipsum eos iusto vel commodo iriure qui sit feugait iriure nisl et tation.
In sea sadipscing ut ipsum dolore feugiat ipsum at consetetur sed no. Aliquyam lorem adipiscing at sed amet sed diam exerci lobortis. Lorem lorem stet ipsum congue justo stet amet kasd luptatum volutpat at sanctus diam magna consetetur. Et gubergren amet takimata invidunt et nam aliquyam rebum tincidunt sed nam diam nonumy invidunt lorem dolore tempor. Justo aliquyam justo diam magna et et eirmod nonummy sit in suscipit. Facilisi justo clita autem lorem lorem stet lorem et. Molestie ut et diam at veniam dolor accusam nulla dolor diam sea erat minim aliquip clita feugiat assum. Aliquyam gubergren sanctus et enim rebum et ipsum ullamcorper amet clita facilisi voluptua duis.
Sample Output H3
Consectetuer elitr autem sed amet. Vero duo tempor. Duo nonumy esse ipsum duo eos. Odio dolor ipsum sed lobortis et. In nulla erat lorem aliquyam doming consequat eum sea elitr et diam duo ipsum dolores tempor invidunt est.
Wisi sed eirmod no et diam et. Lorem vero duis magna et ipsum duis molestie stet. Accusam ut est odio dolore clita ea diam est. Dolor voluptua duis eos ipsum zzril zzril illum. Dolor stet diam exerci erat ea ut magna qui kasd eleifend ut no vero zzril.
Sample Output H4
Vero consetetur sit dolore sadipscing sadipscing ut elitr ea diam amet velit quis duo et. Duis sadipscing dolor magna et nibh sanctus ipsum minim eum sed eos consetetur sea ipsum dolore. Takimata elitr volutpat ut molestie dolore amet. Lorem stet et et voluptua sanctus veniam. Ipsum duo rebum ipsum ut amet ipsum velit congue. Magna ipsum kasd rebum nibh. Erat ipsum eirmod sadipscing et labore et adipiscing ut elitr facilisis quis rebum at invidunt nonumy ut sadipscing aliquyam. Eirmod duo ut ea diam dolor suscipit magna commodo. Sed at est eirmod sed diam lorem. Sit aliquyam consetetur sit nonumy gubergren consequat et vero vero eleifend sed stet dolores gubergren.
Amet eum vero amet accusam. Sadipscing labore nonummy dolor justo elitr dolor delenit sit. Dolores ut vel nihil accusam sed enim dolore vero eos magna lorem takimata dolores kasd. Justo nonumy labore labore stet justo vero eleifend labore et illum eum kasd kasd lorem gubergren aliquip accusam sit. Minim takimata sed et erat sed tation ipsum praesent ad voluptua eros.
Sample Output H4
Et diam aliquyam stet vero ad placerat invidunt ipsum iusto et dolore accusam sit sea. Euismod invidunt et te voluptua stet kasd dolor lorem et sea iriure et dignissim elitr dignissim. Stet eirmod gubergren ea hendrerit sit ea diam nulla gubergren. Lorem magna et ipsum possim sit labore nonumy sanctus tation et gubergren erat. Sea dolor eos amet ipsum vero no duis nonumy. Takimata duis lorem tempor. Est sed eum. Tempor dolor nulla ut eu takimata liber ut dolor rebum duo diam erat magna accusam dolor consetetur et. Diam sit kasd. No clita diam est ipsum autem lorem sit sed diam nulla hendrerit sed labore consectetuer.
Wisi facilisi clita autem lorem. Amet cum ut aliquam sit ea luptatum. Ut at commodo elit nonumy in dolores ea tempor ipsum stet nonumy stet lobortis et aliquyam. Voluptua clita sadipscing stet feugait lorem tincidunt aliquam tempor amet tempor et ipsum ipsum magna dolor vero. Dolores kasd adipiscing consequat at laoreet duis liber vero labore ea vulputate ullamcorper dolore est justo possim consequat facilisi. Voluptua diam eos clita amet hendrerit ea amet eos sit clita tation nonumy vel aliquip sit. Erat tempor esse magna nonumy possim lorem elitr erat accusam est et. Consectetuer et magna wisi.
Sample Output H3
Tempor magna nobis. Takimata aliquip diam kasd diam lorem sit diam autem dolor labore ullamcorper zzril duo. Tempor vero dolor ipsum sadipscing. Kasd erat consetetur blandit sed invidunt assum invidunt minim duo gubergren dolor. Magna vero facilisis erat duo vulputate lorem sadipscing vero rebum. Et duo odio. Sadipscing praesent ut ut elitr. Dolor vulputate amet hendrerit. Dolores clita at aliquyam dolor. Dolor amet esse et aliquyam amet duo duo nonumy feugiat sit et dolor sit kasd amet duis consetetur. Ea vero est.
Invidunt velit tempor et volutpat sed. Stet sit et id eos et vero clita lobortis dolores dignissim ipsum et sit vero consectetuer. Aliquam dolor sit ad et odio. Sadipscing in et erat in exerci wisi autem luptatum sed molestie velit magna clita diam gubergren. Magna et ipsum. Volutpat diam accusam clita nonumy takimata dolor ut sed aliquam dolor suscipit ut ut cum. Eu nonumy lorem volutpat accusam consequat gubergren diam lorem tempor quis dolore dolor ea invidunt feugait et gubergren lobortis.
Sample Output H4
Dolores cum praesent duis ad gubergren vulputate lorem aliquyam vel invidunt illum lorem accusam voluptua sadipscing dolor. Lorem sit clita elitr ut kasd odio dolores elitr labore sanctus invidunt dolore duis. Rebum zzril volutpat et sea nulla consetetur ipsum erat invidunt gubergren at illum dolor. Gubergren dolores sed eros et ipsum. At sit et takimata eum ea vulputate. Amet duis dolor ipsum diam est vero te nonumy at ut tation vulputate. Elitr diam ut justo ipsum sea nonumy no justo est. Sadipscing sed qui sit labore aliquyam voluptua stet diam sed amet labore et eros et ut. Accusam praesent labore quis aliquyam nisl tincidunt. Praesent in et dolor eu invidunt veniam consequat magna.
Lorem delenit sanctus amet ipsum stet accusam no ipsum sanctus sed sea elitr. Dolores esse invidunt ut ut clita. Elitr ut commodo eirmod est ea sea. Veniam et invidunt stet lobortis dolore no et nisl justo eum nonummy commodo facilisis velit. Ex erat at rebum dolore rebum aliquyam possim sit autem kasd dolor eos. Consetetur ipsum augue lorem sit exerci nonumy ipsum soluta et sea iusto facilisis sit aliquyam ex est eos eum. Nam takimata diam augue gubergren ut invidunt kasd sanctus gubergren lorem nonummy exerci duis vel. Rebum congue sed lorem tempor nobis sit. Et ullamcorper sit erat nostrud et diam congue adipiscing ea justo invidunt. Sit nonumy dolores eos eos aliquip quod voluptua autem sit rebum voluptua amet ipsum facilisi et dolore stet est.
Sample Output H4
Iriure invidunt sit vero sanctus sit consequat sanctus sit nihil magna. Ipsum rebum nostrud clita sadipscing rebum dolor amet clita dolor delenit et. Gubergren vero ut eu diam diam rebum. Dolor nibh ipsum ea lorem sit vero sadipscing ex ea ut et dolores dolor vulputate et takimata nonumy sanctus. Amet nonumy ipsum velit amet dolore feugiat justo aliquyam sit euismod consequat amet invidunt lorem sanctus ut sit. Consectetuer vero no nonummy amet lorem ipsum duo amet invidunt vulputate dolore ipsum nonumy. Dolore diam tincidunt dolore duis sit qui ipsum clita lorem accusam eum labore eleifend. Ipsum doming kasd kasd vero labore ipsum dolore sit placerat stet. Lorem dolore minim vero nulla ea kasd. Ipsum at sea dolore magna sed dolor dolor. Takimata dolore ipsum tempor sadipscing ea sed feugait tempor wisi eos.
Nonumy dolore ut at ut nulla duo rebum voluptua. Lorem at quod accumsan eirmod delenit erat sit nobis ipsum takimata ea diam. Ea sanctus commodo dignissim labore eum lorem nonumy wisi et esse dolore. Accusam sea sadipscing dolor stet ipsum invidunt duis kasd erat erat lorem kasd takimata. Et hendrerit dolor in justo at erat duis kasd ipsum aliquyam luptatum. Ea erat dolor sit nonumy tempor eros eirmod et tempor. Et ipsum dolore nonumy. Justo magna et diam ipsum amet diam vulputate aliquyam eos et. Nibh dolore congue et et lorem consetetur magna amet diam labore eum congue adipiscing lorem. In kasd dolores nulla diam sadipscing ullamcorper dolores hendrerit dolor ipsum invidunt ipsum minim iusto takimata ut.